Ontario Highway 802
Tertiary Highway 802, commonly referred to as Highway 802, is a provincially maintained access road in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Thunder Bay District.
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| Maintained by Ministry of Transportation of Ontario | ||||||||||
| Length | 13.7 km[1] (8.5 mi) | |||||||||
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| South end | Burchell Lake | |||||||||
 Highway 11 | ||||||||||
| North end | Kashabowie railway crossing | |||||||||
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| Districts | Thunder Bay | |||||||||
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Route description
Highway 802 is 13.8 km (9 mi) long,[1] inclusive of a 2 km (1 mi) unsigned concurrency with Highway 11, and extends from the community of Kashabowie to the ghost town of Burchell Lake.[2]
Highway 802, like most other tertiary highways, is not maintained by the Ministry of Transportation during the winter months.
The segment from Highway 11 to Kashabowie also has the name Kashabowie Road, while the segment from Highway 11 to Burchell Lake is unnamed.
History
The road was originally built in 1902 as a link between the mineral exploration site at Burchell Lake and the train station at Kashabowie, but was not designated as part of the provincial highway system until 1962. Burchell Lake was later abandoned in 1967.[3]
Lac des Mille Lacs Road
In the 2012 edition of the Ministry of Transportation's official road map, the more northerly Lac des Mille Lacs Road, from Lac des Mille Lacs to Upsala, was also marked as part of Highway 802.[4] This appears to have been a cartographic error, as the Highway 802 marker was removed from this road again on the 2014 map and no records indicate that the Ministry had ever actually extended the designation.[1]
Major intersections
The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 802, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.[1] The entire route is located in Thunder Bay District.[2]
| Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Burchell Lake | 0.0 | 0.0 | Highway ends at fence blocking entrance to former mine and ghost town | ||
| Thunder Bay District | 10.9 | 6.8 | Highway 11 west – Rainy River, Fort Frances | Beginning of Highway 11 concurrency | |
| 12.7 | 7.9 | Highway 11 east – Thunder Bay | End of Highway 11 concurrency | ||
| Kashabowie | 13.8 | 8.6 | Highway ends at CN railway crossing | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2016). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- Ontario Back Road Atlas (Map). Cartography by MapArt. Peter Heiler. 2010. p. 107. § H7. ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7.
- Burchell Lake at Ontario Abandoned Places.
- Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by Geomatics Office. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2012. § H5.
